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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Intensive 02: Cloud^Intensive 04: Cloud^Intensive 11: Cloud, Burwood (Melbourne)^
This unit is only available to students enrolled in M669, M701, M769 and N002*
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Students can expect to spend 130 hours undertaking the learning and assessment activities for this unit. Students will have 24 hours of face-to-face contact over the course of 3 consecutive days with separate independent and collaborative learning required both prior to and subsequent to the Intensive.
Students will be required to access the Unit Site for reading and preparation work which will be available four weeks prior to the commencement of the intensive.
Students can expect to spend 130 hours undertaking the learning and assessment activities for this unit. Collaborative learning is required both prior to and subsequent to the Intensive.
In addition to the online scheduled learning activities, this intensive unit requires students to attend three consecutive days of intensive study from 9.00am to 5.00pm, held via Zoom.
^2021 Dates:
*N002 (single unit non-award postgraduate)
How to apply
For support on your application process, contact financial-planning@deakin.edu.au
Current Deakin students can enrol directly via StudentConnect.
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Please enrol by the 2021 deadline as places are limited
Intensive period 02 enrolment deadline: Sunday 14 February 2021Intensive period 04 enrolment deadline: Sunday 13 April 2021Intensive period 11 enrolment deadline: Monday 8th November 2021
Students are advised that Assessment 1: Test (Individual) Online (1 hour) -20% must be completed prior to attending the intensive days.
For further information, please email: blres@deakin.edu.au
As a requirement of education standards provided by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA), the unit develops students' appreciation of ethics and their ability to evaluate and apply ethical principles in the decision-making process in financial planning. Topics covered include: the nature of ethics; ethical factors influencing the performance of financial services; ethical theories and principles applicable to finance professionals; ethical decision-making models; ethical issues and conflicts of interest in the financial services industry; FASEA and professional codes of ethics; applying ethical decisions in case scenarios; international business practices; and code monitoring bodies.
Apply knowledge of ethical theories, principles and decision-making models in arriving at and communicating responsible and ethical judgements in financial planning scenarios.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
ULO2
Evaluate and respond (verbally and in writing) to stakeholder interests.
ULO3
Justify ethical decisions according to relevant national and international professional standards and codes of ethics.
GLO8: Global citizenship
ULO4
Evaluate the role of code monitoring bodies in monitoring and enforcing adviser compliance with codes of ethical conduct.
GLO4: Critical Thinking
Assessment 1: Online Test (Individual)
Assessment 2: Case Study (Group of 4)
Presentation:
Written report
10 minutes
2000 words
20%
30%
Assessment 3: Written Assessment (Individual)
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Students must achieve 50% of total available marks.
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